Delaware River at Fishs Eddy, Delaware County NY (FSHN6)
Gage Location: Delaware County, New York	Site Location: Delaware County, New York
Latitude: 41.973	Longitude: -75.174	Elevation: 955.96 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 784 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 13 ft.	Moderate Stage: 16 ft.	Major Stage: 18 ft.
First Flood: 1903-10-09	Last Flood: 2012-09-19 Crest: 13.5 ft.	Datum change: 1967-11-02	Number of Floods: 64

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MINOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1914-03-28 15.8 1917-10-30 15.4 1921-11-29 13.46 1926-11-17 14 1927-12-08 14.4 1929-03-14 14.1 1934-12-01 14.47 1937-02-22 13.54 1937-10-23 15.05 1938-12-06 13.39 1943-11-09 14.05 1945-03-18 13.66 1946-03-09 13.43 1947-04-06 13.85 1950-04-05 13.77 1950-12-04 15.12 1952-04-06 13.48 1955-08-19 15.29 1960-04-05 14.44 1961-04-25 13.83 1962-04-01 13.55 1964-03-10 13.4 1973-02-23 13.2 1976-01-27 14.38 1977-03-14 13.91 1979-03-06 14.01 1981-02-02 13.72 1982-02-04 15.23 1986-03-15 13.19 1996-12-02 14.05 2000-12-17 14.78 2003-09-04 15.7 2003-10-29 15.88 2005-01-14 15.34 2006-06-26 13.19 2011-03-11 13.34 2011-09-08 15.79 2012-09-19 13.5

MODERATE FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1913-03-27 17.4 1932-10-06 17.78 1936-03-11 16.68 1938-08-11 17.14 1940-03-31 16.99 1942-05-23 17.18 1942-09-28 17.02 1942-12-30 16.22 1948-12-30 17.45 1950-11-26 17.15 1952-12-11 17.69 1957-12-21 17.32 1996-01-19 16.88 2010-10-01 16.21 2011-08-28 16.04

MAJOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1903-10-09 23.6 1924-09-30 19 1933-08-24 20.6 1936-03-18 19.21 1938-09-22 18.21 1948-03-22 18.64 1951-03-31 18.6 2004-09-18 21.4 2005-04-03 22.49 2006-06-28 21.43

MISSING Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1920-03-13 -9999

Categorical Floods by Month Month Minor After Datum Minor Total Moderate After Datum Moderate Total Major After Datum Major Total Missing After Datum Missing Total January 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 February 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 March 4 9 0 3 0 3 0 1 April 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 May 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 June 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 July 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 September 3 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 October 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 November 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 December 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 0

Categorical Floods by Season Season Minor Moderate Major Missing Fall 9 4 4 0 Winter 12 5 0 0 Spring 15 4 4 1 Summer 2 2 2 0

Codes and description

C1|Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in frequency calculations. Some of the floods are based on current flood stage and nearby gage information.
C2|Crest information looks reliable despite potential problems. This data was used in frequency calculations.
C3|Crest height estimated by the USGS.
C4|Crest height is from the National Weather Service.
C5|Crest height affected by backwater.
C6|Crest occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. The crests below the new flood stage are not used in flood frequency calculations.
C7|Crest from USGS yearly peak and/or date is different than the crest we provide. In many cases MARFC uses crest based on backwater or ice effects.
C8|Crest month or day of occurrence has been estimated by The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center usually based on nearby gage information.
C9|Crest date (day) in the month is unknown.
F1|Flow is an estimate.
F2|Flow affected by regulation or diversion and in some cases to an unknown degree.
F3|Flow effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up.
F4|Flow affected by dam failure.
F5|Flow - All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization or other factors.
G1|Gage height at a different site and/or datum.
G2|Gage is not an official USGS gage with crests provided by the NWS. Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in flood frequency calculations.
G3|Gage datum changed during this year.
none,No code; Good Data

Updated: 08:09 AM Feb 08, 2013